Fairfax journalists return to work
Contributed by members of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) Striking Fairfax journalists have returned to work after being out for one week and…
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Worldwide support for Fairfax journalists
The striking Fairfax journalists have been receiving widespread community support. There is also an impressive amount of international support. The following outline comes from the…
Fairfax journalists write to Fairfax board and shareholders
The letter below has been sent by striking Fairfax journalists to the company’s shareholders and board members, to explain that they went on strike to…
Amazon set to import bad labour practices in Australia
Contributed by Ugly Concern is building over the planned major move into Australia by controversial Internet company Amazon.
The first eight hour day was won by the stonemasons in 1856 on this day
The 21 April marks the anniversary of the historic first win of the eight-hour day by the stonemasons in Melbourne. At a time when this…
Turnbull gets rid of 457 visa and replaces it with what?
Contributed by Jim Hayes Yesterday, on the back of mounting evidence of their growing use by some employers, to bring in foreign workers as a…
How politicians use claims about jobs to mislead us
The following article (5 April 2017) by Ross Gittins, economics editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, appeared in the Fairfax publications. This is a worthwhile…
Strikers at Fletcher Insulation are determined to fight on
Contributed from Victoria Striking workers are holding an around-the-clock picket outside their Dandenong factory over a proposed new workplace agreement.
Underemployment skyrockets to 1.1 million Australians
Contributed by Joe Montero Underemployment continues to rise and along with it Australia’s working poor.
Asbestos workers strike over 25 percent wage cut
Contributed from Western Australia Cape, a company subcontracting for mining company Alcoa, tried to blackmail its workers into signing a new agreement that would cut…
